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10.30 Look and Read (ages 7-9) Captain Crimson: Black to the Future 7609600 10.50 Folk Dance (ages 9-12) Morris Dance 7792364 11.10 Landmarks (ages 9-12) Coping with the Climate
11.30 Job Bank (ages 14+) FindingaJob 7666838 11.50 Teaching Today Plus Understanding Dyslexia

Cricket Second Test
Live coverage from Lord's through to the close of this afternoon's play in the Second Test match between England and South Africa.
Royal Ascot
Continued coverage from the royal meeting, featuring the King's Stand Stakes at 4.20. El Nadim, an impressive winner at Ascot last autumn, could well enhance his already bright prospects.
Tennis
Further action from the ladies' grass-court tournament at Devonshire Park in Eastbourne, where many of the world's leading players turn out for the run-up to Wimbledon. Teenagers Venus Williams and Anna Kournikova will be hoping to continue their rapid progress up the rankings by securing places in today's semi-final line-up. Introduced by Sue Barker. Commentary by John Barrett , David Mercer and Virginia Wade.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue Barker
Commentator:
John Barrett
Commentator:
David Mercer
Commentator:
Virginia Wade

This special documentary from the East series examines the Malayan Emergency, which began 50 years ago this week, and the part played in it by Chin Peng , the legendary leader of the communist guerrillas who launched the ill-fated rebellion against British colonial rule.
Peng, now 74 years old, gives his version of the bloody and controversial events in his first major interview on the subject. See today's choices.
Producer Robert Lemkin ; Executive producer Paresh Solanki Subtitled

Contributors

Unknown:
Chin Peng
Producer:
Robert Lemkin
Producer:
Paresh Solanki

Concluding the series examining some of the great scientific quests of the century.
Hard Solutions. Chemists and physicists have spent a century tryingto explain the existence of liquid crystals. This programme tells the story of theirdiscovery and their eventual acceptance as the fourth state of matter, documenting the breakthrough in the sixties that led to the creation of a multi-million-pound industry based on liquid-crystal technology. See today's choices. Series producer Paul Manners
WEB SITE: www.open.ac.uk/bbc2/quantum

Alfred Hitchcock's romantic mystery, starring Cary Grant, Grace Kelly

Retired jewel thief John Robie is leading a luxurious life on the French Riviera. But he comes under suspicion after a series of jewel thefts in the area - using exactly the same methods he used to employ. Robie's only choice is to prove his innocence by catching the burglar himself.
(1955, PG) ***
See Films: pages 62-69
The Cup runneth over: page 60

Contributors

Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
John Robie:
Cary Grant
Frances Stevens:
Grace Kelly
Mrs Stevens:
Jessie Royce Landis
H.H. Hughson:
John Williams
Bertani:
Charles Vanel
Danielle:
Brigitte Auber
Foussard:
Jean Martinelli
Germaine:
Georgette Anys
Jean Hebey:
Roland Lessaffre
Commissioner Lepic:
Rene Blancard
Mr Sanford:
Russell Gaige
Kitchen help:
Edward Manouk
French waiter:
Eugene Borden
Jewellery clerk:
Philip Van Zandt

Head Lice. The season on children's health concludes with a look at a problem that, at any onetime, afflicts uptoten per cent of primary-school children.
With many insecticide-based chemical treatments no longer guaranteeing success against the threat of the resistant bugs, how can worried parents combat the curse of this infestation?
Subtitled...............................

Drama, showing in the Lostand Found season of British films gathered from the National Film Archive and previously unseen on British network television, starring Jack Wamer , George Cole
When hardened criminal George Martin escapes police custody handcuffed to naive young prisoner Willie Stannard , honeymooningjournalist Ronnie Waring is forced by his editorto coverthe breaking story.
Directors Alfred Roome , Roy Rich (1948)
Black and white
+ See Films: pages 62-69

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Wamer
Unknown:
George Cole
Unknown:
George Martin
Unknown:
Willie Stannard
Unknown:
Ronnie Waring
Directors:
Alfred Roome
Directors:
Roy Rich
George Martin:
Jack Warner
Willie Stannard:
George Cole
Nora Lawrence:
Jane Hylton
Ronnie Waring:
David Tomlinson
Syd Evans:
Bill Owen
Margaret Meg- Waring:
Yvonne Owen
Bill Wainwright:
Raymond Lovell
Mrs Martin:
Beatrice Varley
Mrs Gulley:
Amy Veness
Winnie Foreman:
Brenda Bruce

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